PocketSmith news

Feature in beta:
PocketSmith can now send you a scheduled email reminder that contains your overdue and upcoming bills. This is a beta feature which means that it's still in development, and we're gathering feedback.

Downtime:
Our bank feed provider, Yodlee, has informed us that they will be performing maintenance on the bank feed service this weekend. While the maintenance is being performed, connectivity to bank feeds might be affected. This means that during the below times, you may have trouble updating existing feeds or adding new feeds.

Yodlee is estimating it will take 4 hours to complete the maintenance, starting at:

News:
PocketSmith now supports 1,671 new bank feeds from a wide range of countries, after a recent update. So if you've been waiting for a specific feed, cross your fingers and check the full list of additions here!

Feature in beta:
A beta preview of the new category budget analysis is now available at https://budgetingbeta.pocketsmith.com/budgets. The primary change you'll see are new graphs when you drill-down into an individual category, where you'll also find roll-up budget analysis.

The default Budgets front page hasn't visually changed yet, and there are a few bugs we're still working through here. We're also discussing the plan for bringing roll-up budgeting to the fore here too, as well as other improvements that are possible now that the background work has been completed.

The site at https://budgetingbeta.pocketsmith.com can be used alongside the main application at https://my.pocketsmith.com, as data will remain consistent between both. Please let us know any feedback you have about the beta!

Update:
We've introduced a quick and easy way for ANZ Money Manager users to get set up in PocketSmith. This includes a one-file express upload feature that gets all your accounts, transactions and categories set up at once, as well as step-by-step guides for getting all set up and your accounts synced up.

New feature:
Released a little while ago, but worth highlighting: there is now a "Filtered" button inside the edit transaction form.

Clicking this shows you a pop-up, with details on the category rule or filter that was applied to the transaction. You can then open the Filter from here to edit it. This means that hunting down why a Transaction was categorised a particular way becomes far easier.

Update:
The Digest now excludes transfers from the income and expense pie chart, so large transfer amounts will no longer skew your numbers. Using multiple tabs has also been improved, with oddities caused by using older tabs after logging in again being ironed out.

Update:
When you split transactions, the transactions will now always appear adjacent to each other in the transaction listing, making keeping track of splits a bit easier. Also, there are now no limits to the number of transactions you can perform bulk actions on.

Update:
The Cashflows page for multi-currency accounts now converts historical actual totals as at the end-of-month shown, instead of always as at today. Much more accurate for historical balances and totals.

Update:
We've applied a range of optimisations to the forecast system. This means that logging into PocketSmith is faster now, as well as forecast recalculation and calendar page loading. Things should feel snappier for everyone, like a unicorn flying over a rainbow. In space.

Update:
As part of Safe Balance going into beta, we've enhanced the Forecast Start adjustment information modal window. Now when you click on the Forecast Start events in the calendar, you'll be shown a graph which clearly illustrates the Forecast Start changes, instead of only text information.

Feature in beta:
We're pleased to announce the beta of the Safe Balance feature! This optionally adjusts your balances to account for planned income and expenses, so you can see how much money you really have available, learn more here!

New feature:
We've introduced a handle to the left of each category row on the Categories page, making it easier to reorder categories. Works great on tablets too! We've a lot of updates coming soon, please stay tuned!

Feature in beta:
The PocketSmith companion mobile app is now in public beta, which means it's available for everyone to download and test. The app is available for iOS and Android, and will let you quickly categorize transactions and view your account balances. You can also view and edit transactions. Learn more on the mobile landing page.

Feature in beta:
We’re beta-testing the new Digest, which gives you simple, key insights into how you're doing with your money. Choose to see present and historical reports by week, month or year! To activate this report, become a beta tester via Beta settings, and then view it from the "Budgets & Reports" menu. Please let us know your thoughts!

New feature:
Now you can choose to review transactions as they're received by PocketSmith! Review all new transactions, live feed categorized, or rule categorized transactions. Head to Settings > User Preferences > Transaction Reviewing to set it up!

Update:
We've released an update which stops live bank feed transactions that have been deleted from being reimported. Once deleted, transactions will not reappear unless an option under the individual "Account preferences" is unchecked. Read more on our knowledgebase here.

Update:
A number of improvements to how Net Worth accounts work have been released today. We've introduced a new "purchase date" field, and have resolved a number of other quirks with how these accounts are managed and appear in the app. For a complete overview of what has changed, please see this article on our knowledgebase.

Now when you click on something that contains transactions (e.g. Dashboard pie chart and budgets, Calendar, Cashflows etc), you'll be shown them straight away in a pop-up, along with a link to jump off into the full Transactions view for the displayed transactions. Much quicker to see what is going on!

News:
We're launching a faster version of PocketSmith on Wednesday, October 14 at 1pm NZT, 12am UTC / Tuesday October 13 at 5pm PT, 7pm CT. Though no downtime is required for this launch, anyone using PocketSmith at the upgrade time will need to re-login again.

New feature has been released, you can now upload multiple OFX or QIF files at the same time! This is great for getting set up, or updating all your non-live-feed accounts far faster than before. Find this under the "Add" menu in the Transactions page.

Feature in beta:
Recently some back-end changes to make PocketSmith faster have been completed. We've now passed the internal testing stage, and are ready for you to give things a test! Check it out at https://faster.pocketsmith.com - we hope that things feel snappier. Please report any issues that you notice to us at [email protected].